International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 7(2), May 2005, pp.4-14.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
The study's aim was to test for hypothesised specificity in the relationships of stressors (interpersonal stress and worries about daily living) with depressed mood among Romanian adolescents. Six hundred and thirty adolescents in grades 7, 9 and 11 in Bucharest schools participated. Structural equation models assessed the degree to which efforts of stressors on depressed mood were mediated...
The study's aim was to test for hypothesised specificity in the relationships of stressors (interpersonal stress and worries about daily living) with depressed mood among Romanian adolescents. Six hundred and thirty adolescents in grades 7, 9 and 11 in Bucharest schools participated. Structural equation models assessed the degree to which efforts of stressors on depressed mood were mediated through social support and self-efficacy, and moderated by gender and self-efficacy. Neither social support nor self-efficacy had direct or mediating roles in predicting depressed mood among girls. Among boys, social support and self-efficacy played significant roles in the connection between interpersonal stress and depressed mood. Among girls, daily worries were associated with depressed mood only among those with low self-efficacy, and interpersonal stress was associated with depressed mood only among those with high self-efficacy. The data presented here show that different stressors have different relationships to a single outcome - depressed mood - conditioned by gender and self-efficacy.
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 15(3), 2013, pp.178-192.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Population-based studies have consistently shown a higher frequency of stress and mental health problems (MHPs) among women than among men, and among immigrants than among the ethnic majority. However, little is known about ethnic variation and gender differences among immigrants. This study aimed to explore the variation of the stress–mental health relationship by gender and ethnicity. Logistic...
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Population-based studies have consistently shown a higher frequency of stress and mental health problems (MHPs) among women than among men, and among immigrants than among the ethnic majority. However, little is known about ethnic variation and gender differences among immigrants. This study aimed to explore the variation of the stress–mental health relationship by gender and ethnicity. Logistic regression analyses were conducted on data from 2349 participants including Danes, and Lebanese, Pakistani and Turks – first generation of immigrants in Denmark. The results showed similarities and differences between women and men and between ethnic groups. The risk of developing MHPs was higher among women than among men and the gender difference was significant in all immigrants groups but not in Danes. Although the stress exposure is higher among women and immigrants, gender and ethnic differences in mental health are better explained by cultural dimensions and circumstances in peoples' life.
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Subject terms:
stress, gender, ethnicity, women, black and minority ethnic people, mental health problems, immigrants;
International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 9(4), November 2007, pp.4-15.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
stress to anxiety, b) worries to depressive mood and to anxiety, mediated by self-efficacy, and c) social support to depressive mood. Neither gender nor self-efficacy moderated stressor-distress relationships. These results support the specificity hypothesis. In these data, psychosocial stress-distress relationships are specific, with temporal specificity demonstrated for both direct and resource-led...
The aim of this study was to test for specificity in associations between psychosocial stressors (interpersonal problems, worries about daily living) , distress (depressed mood, anxiety) and psychosocial resources (social support, self-efficacy). The data are from 402 Romania adults participated in a two-wave panel study. Structured equation models documented specific paths from a)interpersonal stress to anxiety, b) worries to depressive mood and to anxiety, mediated by self-efficacy, and c) social support to depressive mood. Neither gender nor self-efficacy moderated stressor-distress relationships. These results support the specificity hypothesis. In these data, psychosocial stress-distress relationships are specific, with temporal specificity demonstrated for both direct and resource-led relationships. Research on psychosocial stress should therefore in future concentrated on specific, rather than general, constructs/measures of stressors and of distress.
Subject terms:
interpersonal relationships, longitudinal studies, social networks, stress, adults, anxiety;